USS Hammann DD-412

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Sims
Builder:
Federal Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company
Kearney, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Hull Number:
DD-412
Ordered:
October 12, 1936
Commissioned:
August 11, 1939
Keel Laid:
July 17, 1938
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
February 4, 1939
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Torpedoed and sunk June 6, 1942 by I-168 (Lt. Commander Yahachi Tanabe).

Location: North Pacific, 170 miles NNE of Midway Atoll.
(30.36N-176.34W)

83 crewmen lost, 160 survivors picked up by USS Benham DD-397
and USS Balch DD-363.


Commanding Officers
From
To
Name
Aug. 11, 1939
June 6, 1942
Commander Arnold Ellisworth True, U.S.N.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Dec. 15, 2014